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Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is grateful and honoured to announce that Chartwell Retirement Residences has partnered with us as the 2023 presenting sponsor of the OAG’s Senior Membership category, in addition to bringing eight (8) community art workshops to various Chartwell residences across the greater Ottawa area throughout the coming...
In honour of Valentine’s Day, we would like to take this opportunity to share some LOVE for everyone in our Ottawa Art Gallery community who has made a donation in support of our programs, exhibitions, acquisitions, and operations throughout the past few years.💗 It’s hard to believe that this year...
Focused on the work of historical and contemporary artists who have contributed to the artistic life of the Ottawa-Gatineau region, our Permanent Collection is an essential part of the OAG’s activities. We are excited to look back and share a roundup of our 2022 donations, and the ways in which...
OAG’s Connect: Artist Mentorship Program, supported by the RBC Foundation, is an ongoing program that pairs exhibition artists with mentors for the purpose of support, exhibition opportunities, networking and professional skill building for artists in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Begun in 2021, Connect continues to bring new dimensions to our history...
Part of the programming celebrating the 5th anniversary of the 2018 inauguration of the Ottawa Art Gallery’s new building, a new OAG exhibition highlights an important overlooked Ottawa painter.  OTTAWA ON, January 26, 2023 – The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) presents Wilfrid Flood (1904–1946): A Passion for Pictures, an exhibition of works...
Dear friends, colleagues and supporters; It is hard to believe that in the spring of 2018, OAG opened the doors to its new facility. Although the pandemic affected the momentum of those first, successful years, there is much to celebrate during our 5th Anniversary. We have seen a million people...
Focused on the work of historical and contemporary artists who have contributed to the artistic life of the Ottawa-Gatineau region, our Permanent Collection is an essential part of the OAG’s activities. We are excited to look back and share a roundup of our 2022 purchases, and the ways in which...
The winning artwork will be displayed at The Ottawa Hospital campuses as a way of enhancing wellness through art The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) and The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) have selected the winners of the 2022 TRIAS Art Prize. This included five prizes in three categories.   TRIAS Art Prize is...
Your ART. Your SPACE. Your OAG. Today, on Giving Tuesday 2022, we’re grateful to be part of this global day of giving! The Ottawa Art Gallery’s mission is to tell the story of our community’s evolution through art and to help create a positive vision for our city’s future. Giving...
On Wednesday, November 9, we officially unveiled the mural “Enchanted Forest” at The Royal Mental Health Centre!   This is the first mural created in partnership with OAG and The Royal, as part of the Creative Space art and wellness studio program.   In this program, Royal outpatients attend weekly workshops supported...